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Milena
Glusac in the first 400 meters of the race.
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Heather
Webster.
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Martha
Merz.
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Elisa
Benzoni.
Though it was only raining lightly at the start, by the finish it
was a downpour.
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Colleen
De Reuck, just past the 8-mile mark, runs alone with a comfortable
lead.
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Her
lead was already 47 seconds at the 10k point.
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De
Reuck gives a little wave as she passes by.
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Milena
Glusac runs in second place.
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Glusac
led in the early going but was caught by De Reuck in the second
mile.
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Libbie
Hickman runs in third place just after the 8-mile mark.
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Hickman
returned to the roads this year after taking a maternity leave in
2001.
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Former
Connecticut resident Christine Clifton runs in fourth.
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Jeanne
Hennessy runs in fifth.
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Hennessy
won the USA 25k title earlier this year.
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Kelly
Keane, who recently joined the Fila Discovery USA program, showed
that her hard work is already paying dividends.
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De
Reuck heads down the home stretch to win in 1:07:53.
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De
Reuck still holds the course record in New Haven with a 1:05:11
set in 1998.
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Libbie
Hickman passed Milena Glusac to take second...
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...in
1:09:02.
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Milena
Glusac hung on for third in 1:09:57.
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